Box-machine.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. J. P. WRIGHT.

BOX MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUN E 20, 1900.

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J. P. WRIGHT. BOX MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1900.

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UVLMZA No. 813,608. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

J. P. WRIGHT.

BOX MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1909.

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PA'TENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

J. P. WRIGHT.

BOX MACHINE.

\PPLIOATION FILED JUNE 20, 1900.

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PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

' J. P. WRIGHT. BOX MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1900 No. 818,608. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

J; P. WRIGHT. BOX MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20, 1900.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB P. WRIGHT, OF NEW HAVEN.- CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE DIAMOND MATCH COMPANY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, CORPORA- TION OF ILLINOIS.

BOX-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

To all whom zit may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB P. WRIGHT, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, and in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference bein had to the accompanying drawin s, in whic v Figure 1 is a top p an view of a box-machine embodying my invention; Fig. 2, an end elevation of said machine; Fi 3, a transverse vertical section thereof; 4,41, detail view in vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 5, a detail view in section on the line a; as of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a detail view in perspective of the folding mechanism Fig. 7, a detail view, in vertical section, of the gluing mechanism; Fig. 8, a detail view thereof in transverse section, and Figs. 9 and 10 are respectively detail views of a box-blank and a finished box.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine for making box parts having the form of a flat-sided tube with one end closed; and to this end said invention consists in the machine and in the parts thereof constructed substantially as hereinafter specified.

The particular kind of box part which my machine is designed to make is shown in Fig. 10 and consists of a comparatively long flatsided tube with one end closed and the other open, a blank such as is. shown in Fig. 9 being used in its manufacture, which consists of a rectangular piece of sheet material, preferably heavy paper, notched along one edge at each end and at mid-len th thereof to provide two side and two en folds to form, respectively, one of the narrow sides of the box and the closed end thereof. The stock from which the blanks are supplied is in the form of a strip punched at regular intervals and wound into a roll, from which it is drawn past a gluing mechanism for the ap lication of glue to one of each pair of laps or olds and its free end finally delivered to the cutting and foldin mechanisms, enough of the strip to form a blank bein presented in position for the action of the folding mechanism and then cut off.

In the machine illustrated there is employed a base upon which is mounted a frame composed of two similar vertical sides B and B, that at both ends are united by cross-bars C and C, respectively. Journaled in bearings on the frame sides lsa horizontal shaft D, upon which in the space between said sides is fixed a wheel or drum E having a large number of similar radially-extending slots or cavities e and e, that extend to the circumference of the .wheel and have each three fiat sides or walls. For each of the slots or cavities e and 6 there is carried by the Wheel a bar F, that is four-sided in cross-section and constitutes a former or mandrel for the box. Said former or mandrel is attached at one end to the outer portion of a slide-bar f, that is placed inaradially-extending guideway on one side of the wheel E and has on its outer side a roller f, which is ada ted to be engaged by a lever G and the slidear moved to carry the formerinto its slot 6 and by a fixed cam-rib H as the wheel revolves to move the former out of its slot 6. The lever G is pivoted on a shaft I, which is secured at the to of one of the frame sides B and has its ro ler-engaging end forked or provided with a pair of terally-projectin lugs g and g to engage the roller above and %elow,while cam J upon a driving-shaft K, journaled in hearings on the tops of the frame sides B and B. The cam-rib H projects laterally from a semicircular plate or segment h, that is supported by the shaft 'D, it having an o ening through which-the shaft passes, an by a bracket 'L bolted to it and to one of the frame sides B. In addition to the cam-rib H the plate h has a rib h, that is curved in an arc concentric with the shaft D and above which the rollers travel before encountering the cam-rib H. Y

Concentricwith the wheel E are two plates M and N, that are substantially semicircular and lie, respectively, close to the circumference of the wheel and the side thereof op osite that on which are the former-carrying s ides f and f. They extend from a point adjacent tothe place where the formers F and F are moved into their respective cavities e and e to the end of the rib h that is farthest from the cam-rib H. A former F when moved into its cavity folds therein a blank, so as to leave two side edges rejecting above the periphery of the wheeIE and two end ed es projecting from the side thereof over which its other end has a roller g, that engages a j the plate N lies. The one of each of such two means to be described is folded down upon the former, and the other two by the travel of,

the wheel are brou ht against and are folded down by the end edges of said plates and are carried alon under the same, the space between said p ate and the adjacent surfaces of the wheel being just sufficient to accommodate the two thicknesses of the pa er. The extremities of the two plates M an N where the folded box emerges are formed of pieces m and n, res ectively, that are pressed yieldingly inwar by springs O and O, which are each attached at one end to a plate and at the otherend to the piece that forms the extremity thereof.

For folding down the two edges of the blank before the latter reaches the lates M and N there is em loyed a folder t at comprises two plates and Q, which, like the ed folderlates M and N, extend, res ectively, over t e circumference and one si eof the wheelE and are movable to and fro, being for this purpose mounted upon a swinging arm R, that is pivoted upon the shaft D. The arm is vibrated by being connected, b means of a link or itman S,-with a lever that is pivoted to a racket U on the adjacent frame side and receives motion from a cam V upon the driving-shaft K. The link or pitman S is made adjustable by the familiar expedient of forming it of two parts with revers'ely-threaded ends connected by a turnbuckle s.

A portion of the upper side of each of the plates M and P is flattened, so that the two when the which the lank at op osite sides is supported beneath a former while bein cut off from the strip of the-stock and unti the descent ofv the said former. At the outer side of the flat ortion of the plate M there is a flange or is ge m, against which one edge of the pa er lies.

On t etop of the frame sideB adjacent the wheel E is secured a frame or housing W in boxes or bearings, on which are 'ournaled a pair of stock-feeding rolls X an X, placed one above the other. Said rolls are geared to rotate to ether by intermeshing gears a: and'ac, one of which is in mesh with a gear Y, jpurnaled on a stud-shaft Z, fastened to the ousing W at one end. Attached to the gear Y is aratchet-wheel A, and alongside the letter on the shaft Z is a disk B, carryin a pawl b, that engages and turns the rate et-wheel. The pawl-carrying disk B is oscillated by being connected b apitman C with a crankdisk D upon a short shaft E, which is journaled in boxes upon the upper side of the near frame sideB and has at one end abevel-pinion e, which meshes with a like pinion k on the late P is retracted are in the samehorizonta plane and form a rest or table upon .applied to 'rnovement of the finger and consequent disdrivin -shaft K, and thus receives motion from t e latter that is transmitted by the mechanism described to the feed-rolls X and X and imparting to them an intermittent movement.

Pivoted to a pair of links F and F, that are respectively pivotally attached to the housing W at o posite ends thereof, is a horizontal bar G,to,t e side of which is attached a straight cutter or knife H and which passes throu h uide-slots w and w at opposite ends of t e ousing. The bar G is connected by a link or pitman I to a lever K, which is pivoted to the bracket U alongside of the folder-operating lever T and which is moved in one direc tion by a cam L on the driving-shaft K and in the opposite direction by a coiled s ring M, one end of which is attached to the ever and the other end to the housing W. The movement of the lever b the cam causes the endwise and downwar movement of the knife past the edge of a cutting-bar w on the housing, while the reverse movement of the knife is roduced bythe sprin M. It will be seen tfiat the cutting actlono the knife is a drawing one.

' The paper 'in passing from the feed-rolls to the knife moves beneath a air of spring-fingers N and N, that depend from a cross-bar a, secured to the housin W, and on the opposite side of the knife "it passes beneath an arm 0, which projects from the housing W and is thereby held down in place.

The paper while being cut and until engaged by the former that moves the blank into its slot e is firmly held against accidental displacement by a holdin device that presses it a ainst t e flat tab e-like surface on the fixe folder late M. Said device comprises an arm or ever P, that is pivoted intermediate its ends to an upright Q, fastened to the plate M, and at one end 18 constructed to engage the paper and at its other end to cooperate with a cam R, carried by the driving-shaft K. Between the ivot of the lever and the paper-engaging en the lever is slender, and fastened at one end to the upper side of the lever and extendi along such slender portion is a light bar 1), t at has a right-angled extension or finger p, whose free end is the paper-engagi part of the lever, and between which and t e main part of the lever is a loose connection, formed by a round stud p on the main part of the lever, and an opemn in the finger p, into which the stud enters. Were the a er-engaging finger p rigid] fastened to t e ever, anybend1ng or bucking of the latter between its pivot and the pa er-engaging end under pressure old the paper would result in placement of the blank, whereas with the construction shown bendin or buckling of themain or bodypart of t e. lever will not have such an effect, as by reason of the loose orizontally from the housing W and are supported by a stand W at their ends which are away from the housing. Upon the shaft U is a sprocket-wheel X, that is connected by a crossed sprocket-chain Y with a sprocketwheel' Z on the shaft E, and thus power transmitted from the latter to the roll. The paper is passed to and over the to of the latter, and to press it against said r0 1 there is a roll A that is mounted on an arm B that is pivoted to a bracket upon one of the rods V and to which is attached a weight b for applying the desired ressure upon the paper. From the roll S t e paper is carried toand over an idler-roll C upon a shaft D mounted on a stud-shaft E secured to a bracket F", that is bolted to one of the frame sides B, and then, passing a gluer mechanism presently described, is carried to and around a. tensionroll G2 and thence to the feed-rolls X and X. The shaft E is su ported only at one end, so as'to leave an en of the roll p free to enable the aper to be placed thereon sidewise instead of by the far more inconvenient method of drawing it endwise, as would be necessary were the shaft supported at both ends. On the unsupported end of the shaft adjacent the roll is a collar 0 of greater diameter than the roll andbeing removably securedizo the shaft.

' The bracket F has a top, bottom, and one side, and on the latter is a bearing for a shaft H, on which is a glue-wheel that comprises an annular portion I and several equidistant portions K and K having the same radius as. the other and extending parallel with the wheel axis, being the outer or peripheral faces of arms that extend from the wheel-hub outward in directions that incline from lines radial to the wheel, the inclination being rearward and outward with reference to the direction of rotation of the wheel. The lower portion of the glue-wheel is in a glue-pot L which rests upon a heater M secured to the bracket-bottom. Just above the glue-pqot the gluewheel is engaged by a scraper that removes surplus that at each end it projects alongside of the wheel. Said scraper is hungfrom a rod 0, that at one end is fastened to the one side wall of the bracket F? and is su portedat its other end by a late P depen ing from the top of the brac et and attached thereto, so

g ue therefrom, which scraper has the form of a curved plate slightly-wider than the glue-wheel, with its wheel-engaging edge cut away or notched, so- I wheel shaft H.

as topermit'ready separation from the rod when occasion therefor may be necessary. The scraper is pivoted on its supportingrod, and it has a lug or projection n that is engaged by a set-screw Q7, tapped through the to of the bracket and by which it may be ad usted relative to the glue-Wheel to effect the removal therefrom of all but the pro er quantity of glue. The above-descri ed inclination of the glue-Wheel arms which carry the glue-applying portions K and K prevents such arms lifting glue as they emerge from the ot, because the angle at which the 'forwar sides of said arms stand on emerging from'the pot is such that glue readily passes off the same.

Above the glue-wheel is a roller R between which and the glue-wheel the paper asses. To reduce the paper-engaging surace of the roller R as much as .possible, it is grooved circumferentially, a single roove r bein provided opposite the annu ar portion i, so that there is only a narrow bearingsurface on the roller opposite each edge of said portion I ,and numerous grooves r and 1" being provided opposite the glue-carrying portions K and K so that opposite the latter there is a series of narrow bearing-surfaces. As a result' of the provision of the circumferential grooves in the roller, as described, there is no pressure ap lied to a larger proportion of the surface 0 the paper opposite t e glue, and hence any such squeezmg action on the glue is avoided, as would resu t in the exudation of the glue ateach side a of the roller and the fgmation thereat on the pa er of raised lines or rid es of glue.

h'e roller- R is 'ournafied in bearin s in two brackets S an S upon the top 0 the paper, a coiled spring U is placed in a recess 1n the under side of each bracket 8?, that lifts thesame and the roller when the thumbscrews are raised.

The glue-wheel is revolved b power takeg:

,with whic from the feed-roll-driving gear I latter meshes a'gear-wheel V journaled on a stud onthe side of the bracket F, that meshes with an 'd drives a gear-wheel W on the glue Carried bythe wheel E on the circumfer' ence of an annular flange e on the wheel is a series of guides e and e, which are parallel with the wheel-axis and contain each a sliding rod-X that at one end has a' plate Y IOO bracket F that are secured to the latter, preferably bymeans which permit the ready the roller as the wheel E revolves there is an "along the former outward and move the box which the roller engages on the opposite side.

nally-toothed gear C with which meshes ,a

'naled in a bracket F bolted to one of the carrying the blank with it into its slot, with former and the periphery of the wheel and and folded down upon t,e former, which that projects inwardly at a right angle therefrom and is slotted to permit it to straddle one of the formers F and F, there being one of such devices for each former. The rod X is circular in cross-section with one side flatted, the magnitude of the are left by the flatting being greater than a half-circle, and the ulde c therefor'is of similar formation, so t at portions thereof on opposite sides overhang the sides of the rod, and the latter is thus confined. Secured to the flat side of the rodand projecting over flat sides of the guide is .a thin bar Z and u on the outer side of the latter is a roller 2. n the path of inclined track or cam-bar A which moves the rod in the direction to carry its plate Y ofi the former, while'for returning the plate to position at the inner end of the former there is another inclined track or cam-bar B with -For revolving the wheel E it has an interpinion l) upon one end of a shaft E jourframe sides B, and u on the other end of which is a gear-wheel that throughan intermediate gear 'ournaled on a stud-shaft on said frame side is driven from a pinion H on the driving-shaft K. By theeinployment of the internally-toothed gear'the powerfor driving the wheel E is most v advantageousl applied andresults in the avoidance of snc strains as might interfere'with' the" roduction of perfect boxes. For revolving the drive-shaft K there is shown a band-Wheel 1 The 0 eration of my machineis as follows: A roll 0 aper being rovided and power ap-.' lied to t e driving-s aft K, the wheel'E will e continuously revolved and the-pa er leeding rolls intermittently revolved, the latter at each movement projecting over the wheel E upon the flat portions of the plates M and P enough paper to form a blank, which by the gluing mechanism has been supplied with glue along one side edge and one end edge. The feeding movement of the rolls ceasin the end portion of paper to form a blan is cut oil, and by the'tilne Such is done a former F and its slotare res ectively above and below the blank, a nd 'sai former, by the action of the lever G, is moved downward,

its two side edges 'projecting above the two end edges projecting beyond the end of the former and the side of the wheel. The side and end edges nearer the movable folderplates Pand Q are next en aged by the latter having been done the other two edges, which are the ones having the glue, are by the continued movement of the wheel brought against the plates M and and are turned down upon and made to adhere tothe two edges or laps previously foldeddown. The box part is now completelyformed upon the former; but it is desirable to confine the laps or folds long enough fortheglue to set, and thisobj ect is attained by the extent of travel of the box part under the lates M and N. In passing from the-latter t e folds or laps are given a final ressure to insure the erfect contact and g ning of the laps toget er by the springressed pieces m and n. Leavin the latter, the former with the box-is retained in the wheel-slot by the *rib h, above whiclri the slide-roller 9 passes, until the roller encounters the camrib H and former and box are thereby ushed out of the Wheel-slot. This having een effected, the roller 2 of the box-ejecting device encounters the cam-bar, A", and the ejector plate Y? is moved outward leaving the same in readiness for makin another box. The former is kept in its os' tion out of its slot until it is to be move by the lever G by the engagement ofits'slide-roller f with a circular portion of the cam 'b H, which is concentric with the wheel. on passing from said ,rib, H into osition for engagement bythe lever Gthe ormer is revented from accidentall dropping bythe ower one of the two leveru s gfandlgibeing in the path of the slide-roller'fg.

It is to be understood that; thou h in the above description of the operation 0 the machine the work of making but a single box has been set forth other boxes are at the slime time in the varidus stages of manufacture, so that-a large number-ofboxes are si- I multaneously in course. of production. 4

Though preferring to embody my invention in a machine'suchas that herein shown and .desc'ribed it is to be understood that such invention. is susceptible of embodiment in machines whose parts willjvary in construction andarrangement from those of the one herein set forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is I l 1. Inia boxmachine, the'combination of a movable part, havinga series of cavities, a series of formers movable into and out of such cavities, a movable device mounted exteriorly of and adjacent to said movable art and adapted to be successively enga e by the formers, and means for-periodically actuating' saiddevice to effect the movement thereby of said formers intothecavities, s u b stantially as and for the purpose described.

-2. In a box-machine, the combinationof amovable art, having a series of cavities, a v

series of ormers mountedu on and travel ing with such part, and mova 1e into andjhut of such cavities and a lever for movin said formers into the cavities, substantia y as and for the purpose described.

3. In a box-machine, the combination of a rotary art, having a series of cavities, a serieslof ormers movable into and out of such cavities, a movable device mounted exteriorly of and adjacent to said movable art and adapted to be successively engage by the formers, and means for periodically actuating said device to eiiect the movement,

thereby of said formers into the "cavities, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a box-machine, the combination of a rotary part having a series of radially-extending cavities that en to the peripheries of the part, a series of ormers movable into and out of thecavities, and a single lever for the series of formers for moving the same into the cavities.

5. In a box machine, the combination of a movable part having a series of cavities, a series offormers movable into and out of such cavities, moving means to act on the formers to move them into the cavities, and a cam to act on the formers to move them out of'the cavities, substantially as and for the purpose 7.' In a box-machine, the combination of means to form blanks, having two flaps to I; so

' out of such cavities, means for moving former 1nto its cavities to form thre id f two flaps, and a stationary lap-folder for foldform side folds and but .two flaps to form end folds, a former, a' traveling part having a cavity into and out of which the former is movable, means for movin the former into the cavity to fold the bla with all of said flaps projecting, means for folding one of each ofthe two flaps-,'and' a stationary la folder for foldin' the remainingflaps beneath which said trave g part carries the'partially-folded blank.

8. In a-box-machine adapted to operate on blanks having flaps to form two side folds and flaps to form but two end folds, the com bination of a traveling part having a series of cavities, a series of formers movable into and the box, means for foldingone of each of the ing theremaining two flaps.

9. In a box-machlne,'the combination of a wheel having a series of eripheral cavities, a series of formers mova le mto and out .of

,jolder consisting of a curved with and adjacent to thew such cavities, a fixed lap=folder com rising two lates,-one extending adjacent to the cir-- cum erence of the wheel, and the other adja cent the side thereof, and a movable lapfolder having parts corresponding to said plates, substantially as and for the purpose described,-

10. In a box-machine, the combination-of a wheel having a series of peripheral cavities, a series offormers mounted on the wheel and movable in radial lines into and out of said cavities, a lap-folder carried by an arm that is ivoted concentric with the wheel-axis, an a fixed folder-plate concentric with the wheel, substantially as and for the purpose described. 5

11. In a box-machine, the combination of. a wheel having a series of eripheral cavities,

a series of formers consisting of bars that extend parallel with thewheel-axis, slidebars to which the formers are attached, mounted in guides on the wheel, and alever for moving the slide-bars to carry the fo'rmersin'to their cavities, to which the slide-bar's] are moved in succession. 3

12. In a box-machine, the combination of a wheel having a'series of peripheral cavities, a series of formers consist'in of bars that extend parallel with the whee-axis, slide-bars to which the formers are attached, mounted in (guides on the wheel, a lever for moving the sli ebars in one direction, and a cam for movin them in the opposite direction, substantia ly as and for the purpose described.

13. In a box-machine, the combination of a wheel having a'series of eripheral cavities, a. series of formers consistm of bars that extend parallel with the whee -axis, slide-bars to which the formers are attached, mounted in 'des on the wheel, a lever for moving the slide bar's to carry the formers into their cavi ties, a cam for moving them in the opposite direction, and a curved late concentric with a and adjacent-to the w eel-pen hery, substantiallyas and for the purpose escribed.

14. In a box-machine, the combination of a wheel having a series of peripheral cavities, a series of formers consistm of bars that'extend parallel with the whee '-axis slide-bars to which the formers are attached, mounted in guideson the wheel, a lever for moving the slide-bars to carry the formers into their cav1- ties, a cam for moving them outward, a'lap pllate concentric eel periphery, and a la -'folder consisting of a swmging plate,'su 'stantially as andfor the purpose described. I

. 15. In a box-machine, the'combination of a wheel having a series of peripheral cavities, a series of formers consisting of bars that extend parallel with the wheel-axis, slide-bars to which the formers are attached, mounted sli -bars to carry the formers into their can;

mguides on the wheel, a lever for moving the;

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' able and fixed plates, su stantially as and for the purpose described.

16. In a box-machine, the combination of a Wheel having a series of peripheral cavities, a series of formers consisting of bars, moving means for moving the bars into the cavities, means for moving said bars out of the cavities, la -folders consisting respectively, of

a wheel having a series of cavities, corremovab e and fixed plates, and means for removing the boxes from the formers, substantiallyas and for the urpose described.

17. In a box-mac ine, the combination of a wheel having a series of peripheral cavities, a series of formers consistm of bars, means for moving the bars into an out of the cavities, lap folders, and box removing means comprising sliding rods guides for the rods on zq' the wheel, box-engaging plates carried by the of a forming device when it is in position to act on the blank, whereby movement of the cutting means along with the box -forming devices is avoided, substantially as and for the purpose described.

19. In a box-machine, the combination of box-forming devices, comprising a wheel having a series of cavities and corresponding bars movable into and out of the cavities, means for continuously revolving the wheel, means for feeding stock to the box-forming devices,

means for cutting a box-blank from the stock, and means for so operating the cutting means with reference to the travel of the wheel as to free the blank for the action of a forming device when it reaches. the blank, whereby movement of the cutting means along with the wheel is avoided, substantiallyas and for the p ose described.

20. n a box-machine, the combination of strip-feeding rolls, means for intermittently rotating them a knife mounted on a station- .ary support, box-forming devices comprising a wheel having a series of cavities and corresponding bars that are movable into and out of the cavities, and means for continuously revolving the wheel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

21. In a box-machine, the combination of a box-forming device comprising a traveling part having a cavity and a bar movable into and out of the cavity, and stationary and movable lap -folders, having surfaces on which the box-blank is supported preliminary to the action of the box-forming device, substantially as and for the purpose described.

22. In a box-machine, the combination of sponding bars, movable into and out of the cavities, a stationary lap-folder overlying the wheel circumference, and a movable lapfolder overlying the wheel circumference, each of said lap-folders having a blank-supporting portion, substantially as and for the purpose described. q

23. In a box-machine, the combination of strip-feeding rolls, means for intermittently rotatin them, awheel having a series of cavities an corresponding bars that are movable into and out of the cavities, movable and fixed la -folding plates, having portions u on which the portion of strip to form a blan is supported, and a knife for cutting such strip, su stantially as and for the purpose described.

24. In a box-machine, the combination of folding mechanism, a blank-support, and a blank-holder.comprising a presser-bar yieldingl connected with a blank-engaging part of t e holder, substantially as and for the purpose described.

- 25. In a box-machine, the combination of folding mechanism, a blank-support, and a blank-holder comprising a lever, a bar thereon having a blank-engaging finger, and a connection between said bar and lever that permits buckling of the lever without dis lacing said finger, substantially as and for tfie purpose described.

26. In a-boX-machine, the combination of folding mechanism, a blank-support, and a blank-holder comprising a lever 'havin a blank-engaging finger carried by a bar t at has "a'loose connection with the finger.

27. In a box-machine, the combination of blankfolding means a glue Wheel, and a support for -box-stock opposite the gluewheel, the stock-engaging surfaces of the su port being of less area than the area of t e glue-applying surfaces, substantially as and or the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of May, 1900. 4

JACOB P. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

V. C. Ross, J. A. BAUGHMAN.

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